Category Archives: Hunting & Trapping

Gabe the Shootist

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Gabe the Shootist

When I was growing up many of us had nicknames.  Not from our parents but names our friends called us.  Similar to today’s camp names that folks get at a rendezvous.  It was a term of endearment.  It showed you were … Continue reading →

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Influences that made me want to be a Mountain Man.

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Gabe the Shootist

Back during the Middle ages when I was an impressionable youth, several things came together to make me want to become a Mountain Man. When I was 12 years old I joined the Boy Scouts for the second time.(The first … Continue reading →

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Attention: Weasel Trappers

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Gabe the Shootist

Here are some new products made especially for all you weasel trappers out there!  Hurry!  Supplies are limited! Weasel_flier

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TR’s Bigfoot Story

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Gabe the Shootist

This is an excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt’s 1893 book, The Wilderness Hunter. In this excerpt he wrote about a Sasquatch encounter near the Salmon River in Idaho. Frontiersmen are not, as a rule, apt to be very superstitious. They lead … Continue reading →

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